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Personality Tests: As Defining as Your DNA?

by Ray_anne
your future in a test

    Several years ago, I engaged in an online survey/test called StrengthFinders. My employer, at the time, thought that if we got to know each other’s strengths, we might focus less on each other’s weaknesses.  We might actually play up to the revealed strengths of each team member and figure out how to best play [...]

May 3, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Can HR Make Friends at Work?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  HR Are People Too.  Cross My Heart. This week I’m at the SHRM Talent and HRO Today Forum conferences in Washington, DC and next week I’m in New York City for the HRPS Global Conference.  All three are great events with a variety of human resource professionals from big companies as well as small. [...]

May 1, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Automation vs. Organic & Real: what do we lose?

by Ray_anne
QR Codes for Automated Social Selection

Satisfy, Justify, Mystify You’ve probably heard of Spotify.  I have it on my iPhone, laptop, and all three of my desktops.  I love it.  It has changed the way I select, play, and listen to music.  If you haven’t yet checked it out, you should.  A new world of free music is just a click [...]

March 27, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Transactional vs. Relational: A Conundrum

by Ray_anne
an enigma wrapped in a conundrum

“The Candidate Experience”     Do you care?  If you are a recruiter, where does your concern lie – is it with your client/hiring manager, your candidate(s), or yourself? Are you loyal? Do you ruse? Do you out-and-out lie? Do you tell it straight? Do you lay it on the line? Do you convince, coerce, [...]

March 20, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Unions, HR, & The Free Choice Discussion

by Ray_anne
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Labor Unions: Objective Judgment + Independent Thought = Desired Value   A Brief History of Union Organization in the US In 1935, the NLRA (National Labor Relations Act) was passed as federal law in the United States in an effort to protect the rights of workers in the private sector, thus allowing the formation of unions, to [...]

February 23, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HR Doesn’t Stand for Headcount Reduction

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  Late last week I read an interesting comment on a fellow HR Blogger, Charlie Judy’s blog.  The comment was this: “HR simply stands for Headcount Reduction.”  The post titled “Deadbeat Employees” and the comment thread that has evolved as of late is quite interesting but that’s not the point of this blog post today. [...]

February 6, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

God Has No Place in the Workplace

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  Employees Rights to Religion at Work I understand that the law provides employees the opportunity for religious accommodation meaning employers should provide employee time off to worship, attend their church, and observe their religious holidays.  I have had my share of run-ins with management staff as I explained that employees can take time off to attend [...]

January 11, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

3 Lessons Learned From Lion King for the Workplace

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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I’m in Vegas this week, but not for the reasons you might think.  My husband, Greg is here on business, and it also happens to be my daughter, Ryleigh’s third birthday.  We didn’t feel like it was fair for us to be apart on such an important day for Ryleigh so I made the trip [...]

December 15, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What Always Worked Before: Learn to Be Flexible

by Ray_anne
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Several years ago, I sat in front of the CEO of a small company that called itself a start-up for start-ups. I was new to this type of organization, a technology-based company, trying to get off the ground with little funding and big ideas. I had worked for the whole of my career, up until that point, [...]

December 7, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

A Different Kind of (HR) Trenches

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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There’s been a lot of discussion surrounding Trench HR.  These are human resource professionals who work for organizations maybe as service HR postions, middle managers, and senior leaders for an organization.  For me, Trench HR is anyone who is below HR VP level and below.  Because let’s face it, if you are the Chief HR [...]

December 6, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

And the verdict is… Not Guilty!

by Ray_anne
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I have some worn-out luggage.  Actually, it’s baggage and it ain’t pretty.  I carry it with me always:  a sense of guilt attached to my actions and how they affect others. Maybe it comes from a strict and religious upbringing, maybe it just comes from an inordinate accountability that I feel, maybe I just feel [...]

November 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Compensation Quandry. How HR Asks for a Raise.

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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It is no secret that the human resource department is non-income generating.  We don’t sell software, negotiate new service contracts, or build widgets.  And yet our department is often responsible for compensation of the entire organization, merit increases, and often the evaluation and employee talent process. Most senior leaders of an organization do not fully [...]

November 11, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Finding a Bit of Yourself in The Eyes & Lives of Others

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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A short time ago in a workplace not that far away I worked as Human Resource professional.  And as a human resource professional and manager, I’ve dealt with my share of the not so enjoyable things like terminating employees as well as coaching, giving feedback, and being privy to information and conversations I wish I [...]

October 18, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Elevation of Innovation: What’s Next?

by Ray_anne
world of tech

Is relevance just a matter of perspective?  Of course, it is. I attended a marketing summit recently.  It was not a recruiting conference or a recruiting unconference.  It was a meeting of local marketing minds from mobile, public relations, social media, and…, wait for it…, the soon-to-be extinct direct marketing.  I have attended multiple tech [...]

October 13, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Cow-a-Bunga at HR Tech, Dude! Surf’s Up!

by Ray_anne
Tech's Up, Dude!

I have been working for the last several months getting ready for the HR Technology Conference.  Yesterday, I arrived in Vegas to witness all of my plans to come together, seamlessly.  HA!  Big fat HA!  The technology company for whom I work is exhibiting and we are happy to be here.  As you can imagine, [...]

October 3, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Lessons in Ethics

by Ray_anne
ethics

I knew as I sat in the dental chair yesterday, that I would be writing about this today.    I worked in the dental field for twenty years as a dental assistant and sometimes, I worked in the front office.  Two weeks after I graduated from high school, I was sitting in a classroom at [...]

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